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Community placement for insanity acquittees: a preliminary study of residential programs and person-situation fit.

Community placement for insanity acquittees: a preliminary study of residential programs and person-situation fit.

Authors :
Heilbrun K
Lawson K
Spier S
Libby J
Source :
The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law [Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law] 1994; Vol. 22 (4), pp. 551-60.
Publication Year :
1994

Abstract

The present study, one of the first of its kind, describes the characteristics of community living placements for insanity acquittees conditionally released following hospitalization, along with the "fit" between living placement and individual characteristics. Although the small number of insanity acquittees (n = 13) and community placements (n = 9) precluded meaningful statistical analyses of results, the study provides a model for studying the characteristics of placements as well as personal characteristics of acquittees, and the interaction between the two. It also suggests the possible importance of this interaction, operationalized as "fit" between characteristics and placement. Consistent with research findings for other criminal defendants and for nonforensic psychiatric patients released from hospitalization, a better fit between acquittee and community placement may be associated with increased likelihood of success on conditional release.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0091-634X
Volume :
22
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
7718928